For teachers of English or other languages, and for students of English or other languages

Saturday, June 10, 2017

3209. On an Enthused Teacher

The enthused
teacher who teaches with enthusiasm makes what he teaches into something easier
to learn.

He will pass on and transmit that enthusiasm to his dear students. I’ve
seen this in various occasions. If he’s a second or foreign language teacher he
will make his dear students will also love English (the foreign language) and
learning it. And not only learning but also unaware acquiring.

Even his
students will in some way look forward to having that lesson, or at least they
will enjoy that lesson. And as well he will have fewer behavior problems: he
passes on his enthusiasm for learning to those kids.

Even he can be learning
that language. And from his experience at learning he will be giving clues and
hints to his students for them to learn and acquire the taught tongue.

And the
other way round: if the teacher dislikes his school subject and he’s in the
classroom as a convict sent to row in the sea, like the slaves who were
enrolled in large ships to row as a punishment, he will have more difficulties
to teach his subject.

We could have a teacher who has to teach something he
doesn’t like, but he can invest nice efforts at teaching and over time, with
time passing, he will like his assigned subject more and more. And this latter
case is honorable and worth to praise. He will also pass on his growing enthusiasm
to his students. / Photo from: De-dónde-proviene-el-término-‘chusma’-con-el-que-se-denomina-a-la-gente-vulgar